Fairy Tales Are Not Real

Olek
Fairy Tales Are Not Real
Black and White Digital Print, 2009
Created during the residency at
Instituto Sacatar, Brazil

Olek (born Agata Oleksiak) rediscovered her
talent for crocheting after moving from her
native Poland to New York. Resume sniffers
will be pleased to know that Olek's work has
been presented in galleries and biennales
throughout New York Turkey Italy, Brazil and
Poland. The New York Times, Fiberarts
Magazine, Village Voice, and Washington Post have also featured her work. Her numerous
awards include the Ruth Mellon Award for
Sculpture, the Apex Art Gallery Award and
residencies at Sculpture Space and the
Instituto Sacatar in Brazil. Olek can often be
found dragging a tail of dance performance
sets and costumes to locations too numerous to
mention.